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visual disorder

visual disorder

5.0
A problem with the eyes that makes it hard to see clearly
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪʒuəl dɪsˈɔrdər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : trastorno visual
  • But beyond the brokenness, it's also an interface that is deeply damaging to people with visual disorders (all the white colors) and information processing disorders (the floating lack of lines and all the excessive whitespace).

Examples

  • After the accident, he was informed that he might develop a visual disorder affecting his vision.

  • Pathologists may investigate a claim if the claim is, respectively, a visual disorder, an impairment of the foot, or a speech or language impairment.

    Academic text (2017)

  • All participants had English as a first language, normal or corrected-to-normal vision, no known history of neurological or visual disorders, and gave written consent as approved by the institutional review board at Dalhousie University.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Many children who struggle with a visual disorder may need special assistance in the classroom.

  • The doctor diagnosed her with a visual disorder that caused her difficulty in seeing objects clearly.

Synonyms

eye disease
vsvisual disorder
  • Specialized
2 3.3

A health problem that affects the eye and can harm vision

describes the functional abnormality affecting clear or normal sight rather than the illness
visual impairment
vsvisual disorder
1 4.1

A condition where a person can see poorly or not at all

focuses on abnormalities that alter clear or normal sight rather than total loss
eye condition
vsvisual disorder
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A problem with the eye that affects vision

refers specifically to an abnormality that impairs clear or normal sight
visual defect
vsvisual disorder
  • Specialized
4.3

A problem in the eyes that makes it hard to see

uses different wording while keeping identical medical meaning
vision defect
vsvisual disorder
  • Specialized
4.7

A problem with your sight that makes things look unclear

uses an alternative adjective form though meaning stays the same

Antonyms

sightedness
3 7.2

Ability to see clearly without problems

How Severe

blindness
70 3.1
visual disorder
  • Specialized
5.0

Surface Forms

visual disorder singular
visual disorders plural

Morphology

visual + disorder

The meaning is directly compositional: 'visual' relates to sight and 'disorder' denotes an impairment or abnormality, so together they denote an impairment of vision. This adjective + noun combination follows a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The compound noun visual disorder joins visual, meaning 'seeing', and disorder, meaning a 'problem' or 'something not in order'. Think of a blurred or mixed-up picture, so the phrase means 'a problem with sight'.